CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0357
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 24832) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 November 1999, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24832
International designator
1997-028E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
6 Jun 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Nov 1999UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 2 Nov 1999
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months878 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.4°N to 64.4°SFinal inclination 64.4°
Mass
120 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 64.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.4°N and 64.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 4 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Nov 1999
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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